Burke is a nurse in a hospital and is treating a young man who CANNOT seem to remember who he is or anything else about his life.The doctors have run many tests but have found no physiological cause for his memory loss.Which of the following disorders does the young man probably have?

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Dissociative fugue is characterized by sudden, unexpected travel away from one's home or customary place of work, with an inability to recall one's past and confusion about personal identity or the assumption of a new identity. The scenario described fits this condition, as there is no mention of multiple identities (which would suggest dissociative identity disorder) or feelings of unreality/detachment from the environment (which would suggest derealization disorder). Dissociative amnesia involves memory loss more focused on personal information and does not typically involve sudden travel or identity confusion to the extent described.

Burke Is a Nurse in a Hospital and Is Treating